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Domes'tic Boiler. I i No. 4103,468. ,Patented May 24. 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 103,468, d.'ttefl May 24, 1870.

COOKING VESSEL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, MARTIN VAN B. JoHNsomof Holdeu,'iu the county of Johnson and State ot' Missouri, have invented a new Stew-pan 01" Cooking Vessel, ot' which the following is a specification. 4

Nata-rc mul Objects of the Invention.

My invention relates to the combination of two sheet-metal vessels, so as to form a new and useful vessel or device for cooking, whereby any Vegetables or meats may be cooked without danger of burning.

Description of the Accompanying Drawing.

lhe accompanying-drawing is a vertical cross-section of the stew-pan or cooking-vessel.

General Description. K K S are the outer walls of a vessel to be coustrncted of metal, substantially of the form shown in the drawing A is a lid or cover, fitting over the said vessel K Said lid B is provided with a side and bottom, to admit of its being lled with water.

F is funnel, through which water may be conducted into the said lid B.

G G n' n are slips or rings of metal, which serve `as handles to their respective lids.'

H is a bail, by which the wholevessel may be sus peuded or carried.

AThe articles to be cooked are introduced into the .interior vessel -N N. The annular space between the two walls K K andN N is then tilled with water.

The lids A and B are placed in their respective positions, as shown in the drawing, andcold water isiutroduced into the interior of the lid B, through the funnel F, for .the purpose of condensing the steam which may be generated in the vcsselN N, when nec essai-y to lprevent the 'steam forcing off the said lid B. 

